Alright, now let’s take it out on the road for a ride and test how quick it goes, and I’ll talk about how it.

We opted best to trust GPS and Gyroscope speed test apps better than the Metacycle’s reading itself. So whatever speed we end up with in between the GPS and the odometer is the sweet spot we’ll go by. GPS may be a bit on the latent side, while the odometer will most likely be a certain percentage optimistic over the true speed. Also, sorry but the Metacycle odometer was hardly visible in the sun, so I’ll be placing the reading on the screen in postedit.

So, The Metacycle should be doing 060 in about 89 seconds (not too far from what Sondors advertised). But it doesn’t. On takeoff, you start noticing around the 40 miles per hour mark or so, that the initial torque boost starts to die out, and while it continues accelerating, it hauls much slower from that point on. So, just as most electric vehicles, there’s software limitation on the motor performance.
By the time you reach 60 miles per hour after long drawing out through the high 50s, it’s then already been past 89 seconds, and on to more like over 10 seconds.
Now, the 060 test definitely yielded different outcomes for me than and the owner. While he reliably got 1011 seconds over enough tests, and I got more like 1316. He’s around 150 pounds, and I’m around 250 pounds, so there’s a whole 100 lb difference at play here.
If Sondors had never promised 060 in 6 seconds, then I would be fine with the average quickness of the Metacycle, but they did… and that is their mistake.